Video game rental subscription service GameFly on Wednesday said it would acquire IGN Entertainment's game download storefront Direct2Drive.

The acquisition expands GameFly's scope beyond disc-based console video games, putting the company in charge of a popular digital storefront that hosts 3,000 Mac and PC games.

As part of the deal, IGN will gain a minority stake in GameFly, although IGN "will play no direct role in GameFly's operations or governance," according to a press statement. News Corp. will also take an observer seat on GameFly's board. The parties did not reveal terms of the agreement.

Among IGN Entertainment's brands, Direct2Drive was a bit of an oddball -- a digital distribution business amid entertainment websites such as IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox and AskMen.